Michelle Obama speech did the trick

Michelle Obama's speech comes across like a theatrical performance. She looks like an actress in a movie about a woman called Michelle Obama. Where is Michelle Obama? Who is Michelle Obama?

One thing I can say is that Michelle and Barack Obama are really quite a couple. Barack Obama has the same trouble with authenticity. He always come across as a actor playing a certain role rather than a real person. I am still wondering what kind of a person Barack Obama really is. He is so wrapped up in his persona. May be he has already lost his true self.

That's exactly right.....it was a Trick. All practiced stagecraft. All words, all speeches.

Great, so she can read from a teleprompter. How about a mic placed on her when she and her husband are making derisive remarks about gun-toting bible-clutching po' folk in my state? Let them speak what they really think instead of what their political handlers want them to say.

When will she explain why she exposed her daughters to a preacher who blames Amerikkka for bringing down the Twin Towers and killing thousands of innocent people, including my best friend? What kind of "responsible" parent does that to their children?

I'm a white late 40's middle class working female from middle of PA. She will never "reach me".

Michelle was great. For a young, potential First Lady, I would have put Michelle in the same arena with all great first Ladies such as Eleanor, Jackie and Lady Byrd. She is an inspiration to all women not just African Americans.

I thought Michelle Obama did an excellent job on last night. The American people can now see who she really is and that she is far from being an elitist as some tried to paint her. This lady , who happens to be an African American is a very smart, articulate and inspiring indiviual. She has exemplified pose, intelligence and one who loves her husband dearly. I believe she will make a fine First Lady! I hope that America will give this family a chance and put aside their old ways and look beyond the color of their skin. It is time for America to make a change!

Bravo Michelle Obama! I am proud and grateful to the Robinsons for bringing two wonderful children into the world, Michele and Craig. I could not hold back the tears when Michelle talked bout her father, and connected that to Barack's not growing up with one and how he is extra-committed to giving his kids something he didn't have.

Which Michelle will show up next week???

Will it be the soft-spoken, husband-loving, mother of two reading off of a teleprompter to middle America last night?

Or will it be the Sarastic Michelle Obama who has portrayed you and me as:
"we’re a divided country, we’re a country that is “just downright mean,” we are “guided by fear,” we’re a nation of cynics, sloths, and complacents."

Or will it be the Entitlement Michelle Obama who is a downright hypocrit and believes her country owes her something:

"Used to be that you could count on a decent education in the neighborhood. But now there are all these charter schools and magnet schools that you have to “finagle” to get into. (Obama herself attended a magnet school and her children are in private school.....but never mind.) Health care is out of reach (”Let me tell you, don’t get sick in America”), pensions are disappearing, college is too expensive, and even if you can figure out a way to go to college you won’t be able to recoup the cost of the degree in many of the professions for which you needed it in the first place. You're looking at a young couple that's just a few years out of debt. Give us something here!”

Nice smoke screen last night Michelle. We ain't buying it though.

If you are easily swayed by words and believe everything you hear, then, indeed, Michelle did her job well. Heartfelt? Impassioned? Um, no. Two weeks of preparing the exact words in a speech and practicing the delivery of the message you want to portray is a talent she shares with her husband. However, I'm of the opinion that your true feelings and beliefs are displayed not in speeches, but in unguarded moments when you say and do things that reveal your true character. And trotting out those two little girls every chance they get is fast approaching 'exploitation'. What I witnessed was a calculated, choreographed, practiced performance.

The whole world loive this humble brilliant family to give the world a part of them which is greatly needed now because lots of people are really hurting in the world. We love there agendas and their beautiful smiles give lots people healing and courage their leadership is going to be excellent fantastic romantic melodious prosperous for the world They will surely reconcile the old ageing dying world with God the creator I am not saying they are the messiah but they will they will do great exploit for humanity.

I, for one am sick of this country talking about, the Obama's as if they were second class citizen's. There has never in the history of the U.S. where a person running for the Presidential Office has been so closely monitored. The Obama's are very intelligent people and should be treated as such, since when did we need such a high criteria to be president, sure we would all like to know that we have one but the fact is in America, we have had so many people as president that should have never been elected and the state of our country proves it! Being a pow, does not make you an expert, being a governor does make you and certainly not being an actor, nevertheless we've had our fair share of them all some good some bad, so now you tell me where was there experience. As wise man whether it be a president or not will surround himself with other men that are full of wisdom and know how in order to make a wise decision whether it be for a company or a country. As for Mrs. Obama, she is a beautiful human being who loves people and her country, she has both business and street smarts and wisdom and that said's a lot for a first lady of her caliber. She understands the working class mother's and fathers of this country, if you are rich and know of nothing else but to be rich and never want for anything that you will never know that it is like to want or have to make a decision based on your income, Mrs. Obama does and that makes you compassionate and sensitive when it comes to others needs. I am praying for this country no matter who wins, I know that God is still in control!

The Elephant in the Room

Let's just get it out. They are a black family. A beautiful, sweet and loving black family, true..... but a still a black family anyway.

Now that we are being honest, can we really trust a black family to lead the United States of America?

Can we put aside those Republican expressed fears that (as Fox News called her) Obama's Baby Mama will:

-Decorate the White House in the Jamaican Red Black & Green.

-Smoke ganja & dance to voodoo music in the Lincoln bedroom?

-Declare that all running must be performed barefoot?

-Create the independent black nations of Detroit & Compton?

-Make the Dashiki part of a new Afrocentric dress code?

-Name P-Diddy the Secretary of Music?

-Make watermelon the national fruit?

For those Americans who have read Republican blogs and posts meant to frighten you, there's good news. This lovely mother Michelle Obama and her two darling daughters are just as American as me and you, with the same values of love of country, and the same dreams for her girls as you have for your children. She is a devoted wife who is truly inspired by her husband's leadership and still sincerely in love with him. She is someone who has pulled herself up from her bootstraps to make her parents proud with a degree from none other than Harvard University.

Don't be afraid of the elephant mirage in the room that no one talks about in polite conversation, but that Republicans whisper in their sinister blogs. Don't let misinformation fool you into four more years of Republican economic failure.

If some rich kid can't spend a trillion dollars right, it's time we give someone a chance who is from a family that has to balance a budget each month.... like the rest of us.

Yes, They Are Black, we can say it. It's not a bad word. Their blackness is nothing to be afraid of. The Obamas aren't an anomaly either. There are black families everywhere who are good decent, hard working American people. For all the failed policies that have destroyed the perception of our nation in the eyes of the world, the Obamas are a beacon of hope, examples of everything that is still right with America! They exemplify how education levels the playing field so that anyone in our country can achieve their dreams if they work hard at it. They are the kind of family that can inspire your kids and mind to bigger dreams and the hard work necessary to achieve it.

So let's confront the elephant and be done with it. The Obamas are black and they are also just as American as you and me.... and maybe they are even better than me! That's okay. I need a leader I can admire about right now. ...Anice Ladi

Okay so enough of the player hating!! Everyone knows that this is the first time we've ever seen a black woman with the opportunity that has been presented to Michelle Obama. She did a wonderful job tying herself and her husband to the American people because believe it or not - they are AMERICANS! Even when America has not been fair to some of their ancestors and to some of their peers! The reality is that most people don't want to know the real Michelle Obama because that means they have to embrace her journey. Either she's a strong black woman that's too bitter to care or she's a loving, caring, mother, wife, and daughter who holds tight to the values she's been taught and lives as an example for not just her girls but for children everywhere who reach beyond their environment and circumstances to achieve something they can leave for someone else. HOPE and OPPORTUNITY! I believe the latter - a woman with fortitude to not forget and yet reach forward.

Great job last night Michelle - I was brought to tears while remember that this journey isn't about me. It's about a greater cause. Thank you for being you and gracious enough to accept the challenge.

Bravo on the performance last night. I wonder how hard it was for her not to express her contempt and scorn for the America that she doesn't appreciate? You can say all of the empty words you want but in the end your past will catch up with you. You can't tell me that she didn't sit in church for 20 years and not believe every negative thing she heard about our country.
Obama isn't the first person to offer hope and opportunity but he is the first one to offer it without sacrifice on the part of those who don't want to work for it! Contrary to what he says there has always been a ladder up but it takes ambition and desire to climb it, not another entitlement program!

Okay so enough of the player hating!! Everyone knows that this is the first time we've ever seen a black woman with the opportunity that has been presented to Michelle Obama. She did a wonderful job tying herself and her husband to the American people because believe it or not - they are AMERICANS! Even when America has not been fair to some of their ancestors and to some of their peers! The reality is that most people don't want to know the real Michelle Obama because that means they have to embrace her journey. Either she's a strong black woman that's too bitter to care or she's a loving, caring, mother, wife, and daughter who holds tight to the values she's been taught and lives as an example for not just her girls but for children everywhere who reach beyond their environment and circumstances to achieve something they can leave for someone else. HOPE and OPPORTUNITY! I believe the latter - a woman with fortitude to not forget and yet reach forward.

Great job last night Michelle - I was brought to tears while remember that this journey isn't about me. It's about a greater cause. Thank you for being you and gracious enough to accept the challenge.

Michelle from a speech in January, this is the real person. "You’re not talking to each other, taking advantage that you’re in this diverse community. Because sometimes it’s easier to hold on to your own stereotypes and misconceptions. It makes you feel justified in your own ignorance."

I agree, Michelle Obama worked really hard to try and connect -- however her speech is contrived and she is doing what she thinks she needs to do to fool the American public. We are not dummies!

Race has nothing to do with it, I would vote for Condoleeza Rice or Colin Powell in a heart beat -- these are genuine, real people and their hearts are sincere when they talk about their lives and their country!

Aren't lawyers trained to make flowery speeches and say whatever it takes to win their 'case'? Welp, Michelle won her case for many people. The Obama's have their good points but so does McCain and yet I still don't like either side. But voting for an Independent becomes a wasted vote when millions of other Americans vote without even researching the candidates but instead go by only what they hear on TV or radio or whom their parents are voting for. Americans need to wake up and stop all this PARTY garbage. There should be no parties in politics. None! Until we vote for a person who has been thoroughly researched head to toe instead of what party they are in, we are never going to fix the problems.

A kind and loving mother or a bitter and derisive woman, which one is she? Well why can’t she be both? Seems to not be a problem for those of you who claim to be all bout family values and yet have all this hateful bile for a woman you’ve never met. Ya’ll are killing her for being herself, and killing her for putting on a show now that’s hypocritical.

I thought the speech was dull, inartful, laced with trite platitudes, and amounted to yet another hour of fluff from the Obama campaign without any substance. People keep talking about this group in almost messianic terms; I keep hoping to hear anything impressive, but this speech was like ticking off a grocery list. I might let my daughter go to a play date at their house, but running the largest bureacracy on the planet? Still don't see it. Even the press seem like they would go to sleep if they couldn't foment Hillary Supporters into some sort of conflict to report on. While not thrilled with McCain, he has probably spent more time in the bathroom of the Senate than Obama spent in the Senate. When the cameras panned the audience and found people in tears, we were astonished because we were bored and checking out DVR listings, and made her the picture in picture.

This country is full of haters. No wonder we are so arrogant, we feel we need to take over every other country. Michelle is a child of God. She spoke the truth. May the first perfect person please solve the world problems.

"A kind and loving mother or a bitter and derisive woman, which one is she? Well why can’t she be both? "

Indeed, not only can she be both, but she must. In fact, most of us who have to make real life decisions must.

Take for example men and women who fight in war. They are killers, literal killers, in the battle field of a foreign country, and then they come home to their spouses and children as lovers and friends. We all have different sides to us that express our feelings and needs in different situations.

If you aren't angry, pissed off, and bitter about this country's current state of affairs(and past state of affairs), you've either been sleeping, or you make more than 5 million dollars a year(making you rich, per McCain).

I think we all have to realize that regardless of how much media attention surrounds ANY political candidate, we never really know the full story. None of us can claim with any surety that she isnt a "bitter derisive woman" or that she is a "loving mother" based on comments/speeches she's made.

Come on , I think we play "God" too much and have too much confidence in our "logical" assumptions and assertions about people we hardly know. What it boils down to is this
1) What issues are important to you.
2)Which candidate addresses those issues. Don't decide simply because you think youve got them figured out. You havent figured yourself out yet have you?

John, you summarized it perfectly. The Obama's life story is everything that conservatives claim to admire. Education, hard work, self reliance, strong families, etc. But the hostility is relentless.

""While not thrilled with McCain, he has probably spent more time in the bathroom of the Senate than Obama spent in the Senate. ""

Obama started serving in the Senate in the 109th Congress. We are now in the 110th Congress. According to the official Library of Congress site at thomas.loc.gov, during that time John McCain has 23 bill that he sponsored or co-sponsored and have been signed into law by the president. Obama has 21.

If you look at only the current 110th Congress, it is Obama 8 and McCain 7. If you are going to criticize the Illinois Senator's record, at least do it based on the facts.

I shook my head reading the McCain plants' posts. You denigrate a smart couple that struggled, on their own, to become successful professionals, caring parents and committed partners.

You will vote for a man who cheated on his wife, married into wealth, called his wife a c*nt, proposes gas tax holidays, threatens Iran and Georgia, cannot remember if Al Qaeda or Iran is funding militants in Iraq, finished near the bottom of his class and has run a pitiful campaign to date, surrounding himself with the same advisors that Bush used. Oh by the way Buffet > Fiorina by a mile.

Unbelievable. The level of intellectual honesty is shameful. If the two men reversed party hats you would bash McCain endlessly. Keep voting the US into oblivion as we militarize ourselves into an economic abyss and Asia begins outclassing our workers and our kids.

The truth of the matter is that some of you do not want to acknowledge that Michelle gave a speech that was true to her heart about her family. Michelle did not waste her time giving jabs and the Republican side, but instead shared with America who they are. Some of you are so narrow-minded that you will rather lie to yourselves that take an honest an ubiased view of the message that she delivered on last night. It is so sad, when the media has that much influence of you thinking for you. I don't know about you, but I can always learn from a person who presents themselves intelligently and have meaningful words. ..but you perfer to remain close-minded and remain narrow-minded.
Case in point- Hillary and Bararck were once fighting to run the democratic nomination, there were words said about the other about not ready to lead. John McCain is now using Hillary words to divide the democratic party, (some) of Hillary supporters are now supporting McCain because Bararck did not choose her a vice-president candidate. It appears that common sense would say to these folks, McCain is playing elementary games with democrat., "I will DIVIDE and Conqueor", I will help them to fight against each other and it will cause a divide. Let me say, John McCain does not give a hoot about you, Hillary words is just a tool to divide. Whoever the presidential candidate is, Whether it were Hillary or someone else, why not rally around that person???
John McCain has put out more negative ad than positive ads, because that seems that the Republic way. Barack has had to counter attack them with rebutals.
But I hope that your own intellect and common sense would lead you to vote for the person that want the best for the average American family.

And Lastly, to you who seize the moment to embrace Michelle heartfelt message and passion for the good desired in Americans, I commend you for having the courage to be Honest with yourself on what was conveyed in her speech. Any intelligent person would want to live a life of happiness and be able to support their families without undue struggles, financially. Also, i would want that for my fellow neighbosr and my community.
Anyways, I wish the best to you and your families......

May the Lord God Bless us all and remove the hate and distrust we have in one another in the US. How can we try and bring love, peace, democracy to other countries and we hate each other so much over here in US for whatever the reasons. It si okay to give opinion, but to say what a person is or whether they ar genuin or not, is ot our place. Only d knows what isreally inth eheart. IF you think you kow what is in anyones heart yu are lying to yourself and the truth is not in you. He who have no sin or unrighteous act, cast the first stone. Thought Not!
God Bless America and this World, the trth is being told and what is in people hearts are being revealed jsut as Jesus said in these last days!

Just another bucket of cheap political rhetoric designed to distract us from Michelle's real personality--that of a racist bitch with a hard on for revenge--Obama style.

Mike, you want to talk about an empty suit? How about your boy McCain's illustrious academic career, or his business experience, or his stellar military career, or his temper, infidelity...shall I go on? Your guy's claim is an appeal to sympathy becuase he was tortured. That's it. Oh, his "I'll make them famous" schtick...he's had 16 years to call out individual senators. Has he called out a single Republican for wasteful spending in 16 years? Your boy is emptier than your head. Keep on voting for the big issues like abortion or the ten commandments. Idiot.

If you are not "articulate" they dismiss you. If you are "articulate" they attack you and say you are elitist. If you fight your way out of poverty they despise you. If you work hard and become a better person, they say its all a show. WAKE UP AMERICA! How long are we going to be bitter about a great team. Let us vote for Obama/Biden and stop bickerring about a well organized hard working team. Let us reward them. IT is not stagecraft, it is excellent organization, leadership, and vision.

Michelle is one well spoken woman. Many women wish they could relate to her. She has it all. A husband who will be our next president and two beautiful daughters. She can relate to hard working middle class Americans and like her husband has our best interest a heart. Barack you are a very lucky man. I'm putting all my eggs in your basket. With Michelle by your side, we will make it through this mess. As for those who say she is fake, or an actress, seriously check how YOU are living. Be ready for change, it can be a good thing.

The people that have left negative comments about Michelle Obamas speech are close minded,ignorant and racist.Barack is the most genuine candidate that I have ever seen. The funny thing is that his mom was a white woman which makes him half (not a big deal) but it does make him half. Being that his black side is what is visible,that is all that is seen. He is gonna win whether you chicken heads like him or not. Minorities have had to deal with only having ONE type of President ,Male and White whether they had enough experience or not. The best experience you could possibly have to be president is to actually BE president. It is time for something different because the other way sucks!

will fried chicken replaces the bald eagle as the national symbol?